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Construction on a mining scene that includes a mining head frame will begin in October at the roundabout on the east end of Colorado Boulevard.

The Idaho Springs city council approved spending $17,000 to build the structure and awarded the contract to Wallace Landscaping in Idaho Springs. The 20-foot-tall mining head frame will be similar to one at the Idaho Springs Visitors Center.

Idaho Springs officials are looking into whether city property north of the Argo Mine could become a mountain biking destination.

Called Area 28, it is part of 500 acres of Bureau of Land Management land the city received from the county in 1994.

“Why haven’t we done something with this?” Alan Tiefenbach, the city’s community development planner, asked the city council on July 10. Tiefenbach rediscovered the area while doing work on the Argo property last year.

All lanes of Interstate 70 are open Thursday afternoon near Floyd Hill after a burning RV had earlier shut down both sides of the highway.

A 50-year-old male, who has not yet been identified, was the driver of the RV. He was not injured in the incident, according to Trooper Josh Lewis with the Colorado State Patrol. The RV was pulling a trailer of ATVs.

Evergreen Fire/Rescue received a call about an RV engulfed in flames just after noon on Thursday. Other agencies, including Foothills Fire/Rescue and Clear Creek Fire Authority, also responded to the call.

Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado is looking for a few locals to work this weekend on the Rutherford and Anna Mule trails outside of Georgetown.
The nonprofit organization is looking for as many as 20 volunteers to add to the total of 80 needed to perform trail maintenance and construction. Food and camping sites will be provided.
“This project is going to tackle two trails over in the Georgetown area,” said VOC spokeswoman Kellie Flowers. “They’re both historic trails, and they used to be old mining, wagon and mule roads.”

The long Fourth of July weekend was uneventful for local law enforcement agencies in Clear Creek County.
Officials at both the Clear Creek Sheriff’s Office and the Idaho Springs Police Department say calls were typical.
“We still had our normal fireworks going off here and there, but nothing really major,” Sheriff Rick Albers said. “No injured people, (or) search and rescues. So knock on wood, but it was kind of a non-event.”
Over the weekend, there were a couple DUI arrests but nothing unusual for a holiday weekend, he said.

Clear Creek County wants to become more user friendly for the film and television industry.
The county is planning to create a permit for filming to streamline the process, making it easier for the public to see the county in a commercial or on the big screen.
County Manager Keith Montag told county commissioners that Clear Creek was recently approached regarding a film project.

Editor’s note: With the growing popularity of Clear Creek’s recreational amenities, the Courant is taking a look at the people who manage, clean and protect the county’s campgrounds. This is part one of a three-part series.

Looking after a campground is no picnic. But for Wendy Glidden, a mother of 10, it’s all in a day’s work.

EVERGREEN — All Austin Bogina wants is a professional team to run for.
Recognition hasn’t come easily for the Kansas native and a December 2016 graduate of Pittsburg (Kan.) State, whose best finish in the NCAA Division II cross country championships was 108th in 2015, his senior season.
But Bogina is doing his best to gain attention during a summer stay in Colorado.